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What Chemicals Are in Unsalted Butter?
What chemical elements are present in unsalted butter?
Posted on: 11/23/2009 | 3 Feedback(s)
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Categorizing Foods By Color
Where can I find a list of all the yellow foods?
Posted on: 11/23/2009 | 1 Feedback(s)
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Turning Up The Heat: Growing Hot Peppers
Many gardeners are developing a passion for hot peppers. With all of the exciting colors, shapes, tastes, and degrees of heat for every palate, it's easy to see why. Here are some helpful tips for selecting and growing hot peppers.
Posted on: 06/25/2009 | 3 Feedback(s)
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Uses for Rosemary
Rosemary helps to relax muscles, including the smooth muscles of the digestive tract and uterus. Rosemary makes a pleasant-tasting tea. Use one teaspoon of crushed dried leaves in a cup of boiling water and steep for ten minutes.
Posted on: 04/27/2009 | 0 Feedback(s)
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Growing: Stevia
By Ellen Brown
Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana "Bertoni") is an all natural sweetener that you can grow in your garden. Native to South America (Paraguay), stevia has zero calories, zero carbohydrates and a zero glycemic index. It makes a wonderful substitute for sugar in your coffee or tea, and you can also use it for cooking and baking. Here's how to grow it.
Posted on: 01/21/2009 | 5 Feedback(s)
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Growing Edible Flowers
By Ellen Brown
Many cultures have used edible flowers in their traditional dishes for centuries. And with a growing interest in global cuisine, edible flowers are once again coming back into vogue with the gardening masses. Whether you grow them alongside your vegetables or in containers, edible flowers are a wonderful way to bring added color, texture and flavor to your favorite summer dishes.
Posted on: 01/07/2009 | 0 Feedback(s)
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Eating Canned Sardines
Since canned sardines are supposed to be healthful, I decided to learn how to enjoy them. My only memories are of the ghastly, stinky ones my father used to enjoy. OMG, how they would pollute the kitchen air! And if this grand experiment didn't work, the dog would be the lucky recipient.
Posted on: 12/17/2008 | 6 Feedback(s)
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Using Arrowroot
Arrowroot is used as a thickening agent for gravies and sauces. Will give a nice gloss to the food you add it to.
Posted on: 10/08/2008 | 0 Feedback(s)
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Using Argan Oil
Argan oil is produced in Morocco by Berber women. In recent years this oil has been discovered by western cosmetic companies which praise this oil for its skin benefits.
Posted on: 09/22/2008 | 0 Feedback(s)
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Help Identifying Pastry From Wedding Reception
When I was younger, I attended my Uncle's wedding, and at the reception there were these wonderful "treats", they were like a pastry, only they were very thin (like a chip, only larger in size),and were sprinkled with powdered sugar.
Posted on: 05/12/2008 | 4 Feedback(s)
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